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Secondary Education and K-12 Education

Grades 5 - 12

Our Secondary Education Program will prepare you to teach secondary students at the middle school and high school levels. If you are interested in pursuing secondary education – if you want to be a middle school or high school teacher, you will first need to choose a major in your area of interest and enroll in the college where your major can be found. You'll then apply to the Educator Preparation Program to provide you professional courses on teaching, practicum experiences, student teaching assignments, and licensure guidance/steps.

Curriculum/Clinical Experience

At Iowa State University, our Secondary Education Program encourages you to become an expert in your subject matter by majoring in your content area. There are 13 undergraduate licensure areas offered at Iowa State University. First, you choose your major. Then you apply to our Education Preparation Program, upon acceptance and successful completion of the program you will be recommended for an initial license and become an educator. You will have the opportunity for clinical experiences aligned to your coursework from early on in your program. The secondary and K-12 program areas offered by the Educator Preparation Program and their corresponding grade levels are listed below, along with the college where the program resides and where information on required curriculum can be found.

Agricultural Education (grades 5-12) – Agriculture and Life Sciences

Biology (grades 5-12) - Liberal Arts and Sciences

Chemistry (grades 5-12) - Liberal Arts and Sciences

Earth Sciences (grades 5-12) - Liberal Arts and Sciences

English (grades 5-12) - Liberal Arts and Sciences

Family and Consumer Sciences Education (grades 5-12) -Human Sciences

Health Education (grades 5-12) - Human Sciences

History - Social Sciences (grades 5-12) - Liberal Arts and Sciences, Human Sciences

Mathematics (grades 5-12) - Liberal Arts and Sciences

Music (grades K-12) - Liberal Arts and Sciences

Physical Education (grades K-12) - Human Sciences

Physics (grades 5-12) - Liberal Arts and Sciences

World Languages and Cultures (grades 5-12) - Liberal Arts and Sciences

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Requirements

You need to apply to the department in which you plan to major and must meet the graduation requirements of that department and the college where it resides. In addition, in order to be recommended for licensure, you must apply and be accepted to the Teacher Education Program and complete all of the requirements of this program.

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Coordinators

Agriculture Educator Education 

For Agriculture Education program information contact:

Program Coordinator:

Scott Smalley

smalle16@iastate.edu

515-294-0047

217C Curtiss

English Educator Education

For English Education program information contact:

Program Coordinator:

Donna Niday

English Education

dniday@iastate.edu

515-294-9981

431 Ross

Program Coordinator:

Tammy Slater

ESL Education

tslater@iastate.edu

515-294-5203

335 Ross

Program Coordinator:

Connie Ringlee

Speech and Drama Education

cringlee@iastate.edu

515-294-3425

310 Craver

Family and Consumer Sciences Education and Studies

For Family and Consumer Sciences Education program information contact:

Advisor:

Michale Hansen

mhansen@iastate.edu

515-294-7169

34A MacKay

History and Social Studies Educator Education

For History Education program information contact:

Program Coordinators

Jeff Bremer

jrbremer@iastate.edu

515-294-5620

603 Ross

 

Amy Rutenberg

arutenbe@iastate.edu

515-294-4634

617 Ross

Physical Education/Health Educator Education

For Physical Education or Health program information contact:

Program Coordinator

Holly Lipsey

lipsey@iastate.edu

515-294-8131

266b Forker

Mathematics Educator Education

For Mathematics Education program information contact:

Program Coordinator:

Alejandro Andreotti

aleand@iastate.edu

515-294-5128

376 Carver

Music Educator Education

For Music Education program information contact:

Program Coordinator:

Natalie Royston

nasteele@iastate.edu

515-294-6829

207 Music

Science Educator Education

For Science Education (all science areas) program information contact:

Program Coordinator:

Gale Seiler

gseiler@iastate.edu

515-294-4343

1740B Lagomarcino

World Languages and Cultures Educator Education

For World Languages Education program information contact:

Program Coordinator:

Linda Quinn Allen

lqallen@iastate.edu

515-294-9014

3234 Pearson

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